12 setembro 2015

The Nine Songs are lyrical, shamanistic incantations dedicated...



The Nine Songs are lyrical, shamanistic incantations dedicated to nine classes of deities worshipped by the Chu people of south China during the first millennium BCE. The original text consists of eleven songs, ten of which are transcribed and illustrated in this manuscript. Since the calligraphy is not a match for the best calligraphy of Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) it is likely a faithfully transcribed copy of his famous rendition of the ten songs.

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